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The PropositionFollow

2005 • R • 1h 44m • Crime, Drama, Western • First Look

This land will be civilized.

🍅 86% 85% MC 73 IMDb 7.3

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$33K
Limited · 3 theaters
Domestic total
$1.90M
Final
Worldwide total
$5.31M
$3.41M international
Domestic legs7.8x from $245K biggest weekend
Budget$20M
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Cast & crew

Full Hillcoat filmography
John Hillcoat John Hillcoat Director Guy Pearce Guy Pearce Starring Ray Winstone Ray Winstone Starring Danny Huston Danny Huston Starring Emily Watson Emily Watson Starring David Wenham David Wenham Starring
ScreenplayNick Cave Produced byCat Villiers, Chiara Menage, Chris Brown, Jackie O'Sullivan CinematographyBenoît Delhomme MusicWarren Ellis, Nick Cave Prod. DesignChris Kennedy StudioFirst Look

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 5-7 46 $32.7K — 3 $10,894 $32.7K
2 May 12-14 48 $45.6K +39.5% 8 $5,700 $98.8K
3 May 19-21 40 $62.7K +37.6% 15 $4,182 $185.4K
4 May 26-28 31 $176.5K +181.3% 49 $3,601 —
5 Jun 2-4 27 $169.3K −4.1% 78 $2,171 $681.4K
6 Jun 9-11 20 $245.2K +44.8% 78 $3,143 $1.0M
7 Jun 16-18 25 $133.3K −45.6% 158 $844 $1.3M
8 Jun 23-25 31 $97.7K −26.7% 85 $1,149 $1.5M
9 Jun 30-Jul 2 34 $53.7K −45.0% 62 $866 $1.6M
10 Jul 7-9 43 $38.6K −28.1% 52 $742 $1.7M
11 Jul 14-16 53 $21.8K −43.5% 40 $545 $1.7M
12 Jul 21-23 60 $17.1K −21.4% 38 $451 $1.7M
13 Jul 28-30 56 $22.5K +31.5% 38 $593 $1.8M
14 Aug 4-6 70 $10.1K −55.3% 29 $347 $1.8M
15 Aug 11-13 75 $10.9K +7.9% 28 $388 $1.8M
16 Aug 18-20 63 $28.7K +164.3% 29 $989 $1.8M
17 Aug 25-27 77 $10.0K −65.0% 14 $717 $1.9M
18 Sep 1-3 76 $8.0K −19.9% 10 $804 $1.9M
19 Sep 8-10 87 $4.9K −38.7% 6 $821 $1.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $38.6K
$32.7K
$45.6K
$62.7K
$176.5K
$169.3K
$245.2K
$133.3K
$97.7K
$53.7K
$38.6K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.1%
+39.5%
W1→2
+37.6%
W2→3
+181.3%
W3→4
−4.1%
W4→5
+44.8%
W5→6
−45.6%
W6→7
−26.7%
W7→8
−45.0%
W8→9
−28.1%
W9→10
Steepest −45.6%Biggest gain +181.3%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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